Each culture passes down their own irrational traditions, regardless of the absurdity. Traditions alter and mold one’s core life decisions. For the Chinese, these practices range from a variety of superstitious beliefs such as a compatibility test between horoscopes and names or an oppressive belief such as foot binding. Bound Feet and Western Dress, written by Pang Mei Natasha Chang, is a memoir that exposes the effect these traditions have on the evolving Chinese population during the early twentieth century. In Pang-Mei Chang’s novel, readers are given the opportunity to experience the life of a Chinese women through the eyes of Chia-fen Yu-i Chang, Pang-Mei’s great aunt and the first woman of China to receive a divorce. Pang-Mei Natasha
